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The first comprehensive study of sexual politics in Medieval Islam Based on original and previously unexamined sources, this book provides a critical and systematic analysis of the role of queens, eunuchs and concubines in medieval Islamic history. Spanning over 600 years, it explores gender and sexual politics and power from the time of the Prophet Muhammad through the Umayyad and Abbasid periods to the Mamluks in the 15th century. Geographi...

Zengi and the Muslim Response to the Crusades: The politics of Jihad, provides a full and rich picture of Zengi¿s career: his personality and motives, his power and ambition, his background and his foundation of a dynasty and its contribution, along with other dynasties, to a wider, deeper Turkification of the Middle East, his tools and m

The first comprehensive study of sexual politics in Medieval Islam Based on original and previously unexamined sources, this book provides a critical and systematic analysis of the role of queens, eunuchs and concubines in medieval Islamic history. Spanning over 600 years, it explores gender and sexual politics and power from the time of the Prophet Muhammad through the Umayyad and Abbasid periods to the Mamluks in the 15th century. Geographi...

Zengi and the Muslim Response to the Crusades: The politics of Jihad, provides a full and rich picture of Zengi¿s career: his personality and motives, his power and ambition, his background and his foundation of a dynasty and its contribution, along with other dynasties, to a wider, deeper Turkification of the Middle East, his tools and methods, his vision, calamities and achievements, and how he was perceived by his contemporaries and modern ...